Post-Production Tasks

Post production from hammonda

TASKS
AS:

• Editing photographs using Photoshop CS5 - cropping tools (lasso, magic wand, select tools etc) - colour editing tools (saturation, brightness, tint, hue, lightness, contrast, colour replacement etc) - image improvement tools (red eye corrector, blur, smudge, dodge, burn, airbrush, paintbrush etc)
• Stengths and weaknesses whilst editing photographs on Photoshop CS5 - I gained good skills at cropping images using the various cropping tools on Photoshop CS5, I feel this was one of my stregths within AS post-production - However, my skills at cropping in the preliminary task showed it to be a weakness so I had to spend time practicing and perfecting this skill, using online tutorial videos both on the Adobe website and YouTube, to make this one of my strengths - I also had to spend a lot of time working on my colour editing and image improvement skills in order to get them to a good level and produce a more professional finish - this took time as I was unfamiliar with the program and had to start at a beginners/basic level
• Software pros/cons - their were positive and negative elements to using Photoshop CS5 for the post-production stage of my AS coursework - PROS - the positives about using Photoshop CS5 include it being a profession software package which helped me to produce a much more professional finish on my products as it provided the necessary tools - CONS - the negatives of using Photoshop CS5 would be cost and time as the package was so expensive and not affordable for students and therefore we were limited to only using it in school time, however, a trial version was available for 30 days

A2:

• Editing Software - At A2 I also used Photoshop for editing both the photographs in my first draft digipak and advertisment and the overall final products - however, at A2 the Photoshop had been updated to CS6, which meant that I had to learn the layout and changes within the program - overall I found this program easier to work with - I also used video editing software at A2 for the animatic storyboard and the final music video - the programs I used for these were iMovie and Premiere Elements 11 - these two programs differed in what they provided - iMovie let me place different shots together and place music/audio over the top - Premiere Elements 11 allowed me to do more professional editing - inlcuding shots, timing, audio/music, colour, lighting 
• Stengths and Weaknesses - at A2 I focused on improving my weaknesses in Photoshop, using online tutorial videos from YouTube
• Software Pros/Cons - PROS - using an updated Photoshop allowed me to be even more creative and produce better finishes - having previous experience in Photoshop also helped me to build on skills and create a more profesional finish - using video software allowed me to put the music video together and place the music track over the top, it also allowed me to edit lighting and colours to create a better finish and more professional overall look - CONS - the negatives would be the change in software for Photoshop as it tool time to learn the new features and layout - cost was again also a negative point as it was more expensive than the previous verison and the package had limited availability in school outside of lesson time - however, there was again a trail version available - the negatives with the video editing software would be, again, cost as this was also relatively expensive - having the trail version also watermarked the final product so I had to buy this software as it was not available in school

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